Garfield, New Mexico Weather
Garfield, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Garfield, Doña Ana County.
Full aviation weather for Garfield is published on the Truth or Consequences Municipal Airport (KTCS) page, 53 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Conditions reported at KTCS describe the airfield itself. Weather 53 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Garfield specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Garfield.
About Garfield, New Mexico
Garfield sits where the Mesilla Valley begins to soften and spread, a place where the broad, flat floor of the Rio Grande valley meets the rising, sun-baked foothills of the Organ Mountains. It lies 41.8 miles north-west of Las Cruces, NM (from Las Cruces, NM: bearing 317°T), and is situated 9.1 miles north-west of Hatch. The land here is a study in muted earth tones, ochre and umber dust clinging to sparse creosote and mesquite, punctuated by the occasional stubborn ocotillo reaching toward an endless sky. The air, even in the late afternoon, holds a dry warmth, carrying the faint scent of dust and distant sagebrush. Life in Garfield moves with the deliberate pace of a desert afternoon, the sun casting long, sharp shadows that stretch across the cracked earth, a quiet testament to the persistent power of light and heat. The history of Garfield is tied to the rich agricultural heritage of Doña Ana County, where irrigation canals, fed by the lifeblood of the Rio Grande, once transformed this arid landscape into fertile farmland. For generations, cotton and pecans were king here, their cultivation shaping the very character of the community and its economy. While the agricultural footprint has shifted, the echoes of that hardworking past remain, a subtle thread in the fabric of Garfield. Today, the town still serves as a waypoint, a quiet pause for travelers navigating the highways that connect the larger settlements of southern New Mexico, its distinctive setting a constant reminder of the rugged beauty that defines this corner of the desert Southwest.
Live animated radar for Garfield and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Garfield, Doña Ana County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 32.757019°N, 107.264467°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87936 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Garfield, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Garfield, New Mexico, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Garfield includes coordinates 32.757019°N, 107.264467°W, situated in Doña Ana County. ZIP code 87936. Telephone area code: 575. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
